??Chapter 565: Chapter 558: Good Intentions Gone Awry
Chapter 565: Chapter 558: Good Intentions Gone Awry
After splitting up with Qi Lihong and the others at the intersection, Mu Jiawen, with her belly sticking out, leisurely walked ho.
As she was about to reach the entrance, she ran into her sister-in-law and her little nephew, Yu Xing.
“Boo boo…”
The little guy, with half an apple in his mouth, called out unclearly to his aunt while stretching out his arms for a hug.
Fearing that his little feet might kick Mu Jiawen’s belly, Yi Hailan didn’t let him rush over.
Yu Xing felt a bit wronged and tried to stuff the apple, which was covered in his saliva, into Mu Jiawen’s mouth.
“Eh…”
Mu Jiawen dodged it with distaste, reached out to pinch his soft little cheek, and teased him, “Let’s wait for uncle to co ho and eat it, okay? He’ll make you minced-at-and-egg, alright?”
“Okay.”
Xingxing agreed happily and really stopped eating the half apple, saving it for his uncle.
As the sisters-in-law walked side by side into the housing complex, Yi Hailan said to Mu Jiawen, “Today I went to a eting at the Zhongliang Police Substation and unexpectedly ran into Xiaotie there.”
The police substation? The police station?
Mu Jiawen asked incredulously, “What was he doing there? Bailing soone out?”
If Xiaotie had been in trouble, her sister-in-law wouldn’t have used the word “ran into.”
“Yeah, bailing out a young girl, round-faced, looked like a college student. I heard Xiaotie call her Maomao. Do you know her?”
Normally, Yi Hailan really wasn’t the gossipy type, but since Xiaotie had a close relationship with her younger sister and brother-in-law, she felt that having seen him, it was necessary to ntion it. After all, Xiaotie now had a happy marriage and family; it would be dreadful if he were to err in a mont of folly.
Maomao had co to Beijing for university?
This news was indeed unknown to Mu Jiawen; it had been a long ti since she had contacted Xu Qian, so she was completely unaware of Maomao’s situation.
But she vaguely rembered Jiang Yan ntioning that the girl seed to have a bit of a crush on his younger brother.
So what was going on now?
“Xiaotie helped her out once; she is also the daughter of my lifesaver. Sister-in-law, do you know why she ended up in the police station?”
The daughter of a lifesaver, huh.
Yi Hailan was a bit surprised but thankfully, she had made inquiries to find out the whole story.
“She encountered a molester on the bus. The girl was quite brave; her classmate was too scared to move, but she and two high school students who were helping them fought those two molesters. She must have been slapped on the face; it looked quite swollen when I saw her. But luckily, there were no other injuries, and she seed to be in good spirits.”
Mu Jiawen nodded, indicating that she understood, and thought she should call her brother-in-law later to find out which university Maomao was attending, no matter what, it would be best to check on her.
But that evening, when she contacted Xu Qian, she was told not to visit.
“She said our help made her feel pressured and she doesn’t want to interact with us anymore. Maybe it’s because she only got into a junior college and feels ashad. Forget it, Xiaosi, don’t bother with her. I’ve done all I can for my younger sister, and she’s already eighteen. She’ll have her own sense of how to live her life. Relying on the fact that she has a place to stay in Beijing, she insisted on going back for junior college and said she could support herself, without relying on …”
Although Mu Jiawen didn’t understand the specifics of their sisters’ problems, she could hear Xu Qian’s disappointnt and dissatisfaction with Maomao from her words.
Not wanting to comnt rashly, Mu Jiawen gave Xu Qian so simple advice and didn’t tell her about Maomao being taken to the police station.
In the end, however, Xu Qian cautioned her very seriously, “Xiaosi, tell Xiaotie not to contact Maomao. Even if she looks for him, he shouldn’t respond. I know he’s married now, but that’s exactly why he should avoid her even more so. Anyway… sigh, no matter what happens, I just don’t want to see her stoop so low as to beco soone’s mistress.”
Mu Jiawen opened her mouth in surprise… the two of them were already in contact. But that position of mistress, even if Maomao wanted it, her brother-in-law would definitely not dare to accept it.
Still, it was probably best to give him a little warning.
After all, her brother-in-law had no faults, except for always trying to be too good of a Samaritan.
After hanging up the phone, Mu Jiawen scratched her head; honestly, she was not good at handling these kinds of situations.
When Jiang Yan ca out of the bathroom, Mu Jiawen took his phone and dialed her brother-in-law.
Jiang Yan, with no clue, watched as the call connected and then, after Mu Jiawen hit the speakerphone button, she tossed it back to him.
This… If you want
to ask sothing, at least give
so direction beforehand, right?
But seeing the stern look on his wife’s face, it was clear that he was free to handle it on his own.
“Bro, what’s up?” The voice of his younger brother sounded gruffly from the other end.
Jiang Yan glanced at Mu Jiawen and spoke in a less than pleasant tone, “What do you an, what’s up? Where are you right now?”
“…Did you swallow gunpowder or sothing?”
“Enough with the nonsense, just tell
where you are already?”
“Huimao Building.”
Hmm?
If he wasn’t mistaken, that building was a good twenty kiloters from where they were.
Was there a situation?
“What are you doing there so late at night?”
“I… well, you know, I forgot to tell you, Maomao’s back in Beijing, and her university is nearby.”
Maomao?
Jiang Yan frowned slightly and glanced at his wife who was listening next to him; he finally realized why she had called his brother at this particular mont.
“If you want to see her, you can go during the day. What are you doing there so late?”
“She got into a bit of trouble here; I’m taking her back to campus now.”
“Shouldn’t you seek a teacher when sothing happens? What do they need you for? And, does Hong Jing know you’re dropping off Maomao?”
“Yeah, she knows, she’s with .”
Jiang Yan: …
Should he comnd him for finally having so sense?
“Alright then, be safe on the road and call
when you get ho.”
As soon as Jiang Yan finished, he hung up the phone efficiently.
Using this call as an opportunity, Xiaosi, who was on the other side, said to Maomao, who was sitting in the back seat, “Your Brother Jiang needs
for an ergency. We’re nearly at your school, so I’ll stop at the entrance. Your sister-in-law and I won’t walk you in.”
Maomao didn’t make a sound.
When they arrived at the vocational technical college she attended, Xiaosi parked the car by the curb, turned, and reminded her, “If sothing like this happens again…”
“Bang!”
Before Xiaosi could finish his sentence, Maomao had quickly bolted from the car and slamd the door shut fiercely, then turned and briskly entered the school.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Hong Jing’s face looked very unhappy. She was due to give birth in two weeks and normally she couldn’t even sit for more than half an hour at ho, let alone in a car, because it was so uncomfortable.
But today, Xiaosi had called her out and she had sat in the car for half the day; her legs were numb from sitting.
She took deep breaths, and after a long ti managed to suppress the flare of anger in her chest, then opened the car door and decisively got out.
“Wife…”
Xiaosi knew Hong Jing was angry, so he nervously leaned on the open passenger window and called out, “Wife, it’s hard to park here. Could you stand for a bit before getting back in, and we go ho, okay?”
Hong Jing ignored him, supporting her waist and walking along the sidewalk for a while. Only when the cool evening breeze made her feel a bit better, did she approach the car that had been following her and got back in.
Xiaosi exhaled a sigh of relief.
He said apologetically, “I’m sorry, wife. I… I don’t know how the child ended up like this.”
Hong Jing rolled her eyes involuntarily, “Jiang Yan always told you not to be too kind-hearted, but did you listen? You could have called her teacher to vouch for her, but she insisted on calling you. Why? Do you have any obligation to her? Is it because you helped her before, so now you are also obliged to help her? If sothing happens to her later, are you going to be at her beck and call?”
“How could that be? I swear, this is the last ti. I will never be overly kind-hearted again, and I won’t contact her anymore, really, I swear!”
Xiaosi grasped Hong Jing’s hand, pleading, “Can you stop being angry, please?”
It’s dangerous for soone about to give birth to have such strong emotional fluctuations.
“Fine, fine, let’s hurriedly go ho.”
She wasn’t really angry. After a few years of marriage, she was very clear about how Xiaosi treated her, so she wasn’t going to doubt him over such a trifle.
She just felt indignant on behalf of her husband.
He had helped that girl so earnestly in the past. It wasn’t necessary for her to repay the favor, but at the very least, she shouldn’t be ungrateful.
Hong Jing felt choked up just thinking about the girl’s behavior today.
Xiaosi had gone to the police station in good faith to bail her out, and when she saw him by the car afterward, her expression imdiately changed.
What did that an?
My husband helped you, and you have a crush on him, so he has to like you back?
The nerve!
“Let
tell you, Tie Yiming, if you dare to get involved with these lovestruck young girls again, I…”
“I won’t dare anymore.” Xiaosi said with a pained expression, now truly understanding what his brother ant by “kindness must have limits.” You can help once, but you can’t keep helping limitlessly.
In the end, your help becos not a benevolence, but a curse.
By the ti they got ho, it was nearly ten at night.
“How could a dinner take so long to get back from?”
When she heard the door open, Hong’s mother ca out of the bedroom and saw her son-in-law bending over to switch Hong Jing’s slippers.
“The food at that place doesn’t taste as good as it used to, not good at all. I wish I hadn’t gone,” Hong Jing muttered as she walked toward the bedroom, her belly protruding, “it’s all Xiaotie’s fault for not reminding .”
Hong’s mother scolded with a dark face, “You were the one who wanted to go, how can you bla Xiaotie? I warn you not to cause trouble.”
Hong Jing snorted coldly and turned into the bedroom.
Xiaosi followed up with Hong’s mother, “It’s okay, Mom. She’s just a little hungry. You should go back to sleep. I’ll make her a bowl of chicken soup noodles in a bit.”
“Don’t always indulge her, just because she’s pregnant doesn’t an she should look for trouble.”
Hong’s mother went back to the bedroom, saying to Hong’s father lying on the bed reading, “Your daughter’s temper is getting bigger and bigger. She made a fuss about going out for hot and spicy stir-fry, and then she didn’t like it and blad Xiaotie for not reminding her. Do you think she’s being reasonable? Xiaotie has a good temperant to still indulge her, anyone else would have had countless argunts in a day.”
Hong’s father didn’t think it was a big deal. A woman at this stage of pregnancy is bound to be uncomfortable. What’s wrong with her getting a bit annoyed?
However, he was also truly satisfied with Xiaotie’s tolerance.
The kid really had a good temper.
Separated by a study, Xiaosi helped Hong Jing into the bedroom to shower, but was then promptly kicked out.
“It’s not that serious, just wait outside.”
“Then be careful, call
if you need anything, I’m right at the door.”
While waiting for Hong Jing to shower, Xiaosi made a return call to Jiang Yan.
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